Governor John Young Approves "An Act For The Permanent Establishment Of The Normal School"
1848 April
Governor John Young approves the Act of the Legislature passed April 12, 1848 titled "An act for the permanent establishment of the Normal School" and the sum of $15,000 for the building of a permanent Normal School building at corner of Lodge and Howard Streets. The City of Albany donates the old fire house on the corner. The following year the State appropriated another $10,000.00 to complete the building and a further $3,500.00 for furnishings. The main entrance of the building faced Lodge Street.
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Annual Report of Executive Committee, Feb. 11, 1850, p. 9. See the Annual Report of the Executive Committee, 1850 for a print of the new building by Richard H. Pease, the floor plans, as well as a description of the design of the building for the building. George J. Penchard of firm of Perkins & Penchard, was the architect, . Exec. Comm. Minutes, March 28, 1848, Vol. 1, p. 83. For the exact location of the building see Map of the City of Albany with Villages of Greenbush, East Albany, & Bath. Sprague & Co. Surveyed and drawn by E. Jacobs, 1857. Albany County Hall of Records.